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Ullin, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ullin precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62992. It stands on Indian Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dongola quadrangle. 466 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Ullin within Pulaski County

On record in Ullin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Ullin grew from 463 to 466 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010463
2020466+3 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ullin between 2006 and 2010, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 August 2007Arson/incendiarism8.6 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
7 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeRIVER
6 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeCHAPEL
28 February 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeCACHE CHAPEL ROAD
23 February 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeCACHE
8 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeCACHE CHAPEL
8 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeDONGOLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ullin: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Absorbent Clay Products PitClayProducer
Unimin PlantSilicaProducer
Jordan Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jordan Trucking Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mise PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pulaski County Highway DepartmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Columbia Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ullin in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindUllin1 killed, 1 hurt, $20,000Damaging winds crossed parts of Pulaski County, downing numerous trees. A 48-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell onto her car as she was driving on Old U.S. Highway 51 about two miles south of Ullin. At Mounds, a teenage girl was seriously injured when a tree fell on her in a city park.
March 2008FloodUllin$2,500,000Ullin was especially hard hit. At least 50 homes in Ullin were flooded, along with the town's pump station. The town's post office and grocery store were flooded. A car was submerged up to the steering wheel. Floodwaters rushed over a bridge in Ullin. Two to three bridges were washed out. Dozens of residents of an assisted living facility were evacuated as water entered the facility. The facility sustained major damage. Flooding of the Cache River closed Shawnee College Road for several days. Most of the county back roads were closed, and other areas of the county outside Ullin were evacuated. Six apartments and two houses were flooded in Mound City. Several homes in Karnak were surrounded with water or sandbagged, mainly due to flooding of the Cache River. Portions of Route 37 and U.S. Highway 51 were closed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindUllin$100,000Part of the roof was blown off a school gymnasium, with some damage to at least one wall. Rainwater further damaged the gym floor. The roof of a bus garage behind the gym was damaged. Large tree limbs were down, and playground equipment was blown around. A large metal light pole was blown down.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindUllin$100,000Numerous trees were blown down across the county, especially from Ullin north. The roof was partially blown off a high school just east of Ullin. In Mound City, trees penetrated the roofs of two homes. A roof was damaged in Olmsted. Several vehicles were damaged by falling trees around the county.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindUllin$100,000A continuous path of damage began near the Ullin exit of Interstate 57, which is exit 18. The damage swath was about one mile wide and extended eastward to the Massac County border. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Near Ullin, a gas station canopy was blown down, and the gas station sustained roof damage. Debris was blown over 100 yards from the gas station. The metal roof was torn off a barbeque stand and blown to Interstate 57. At a car dealership near Ullin, several cars were moved, and one camper was pushed into a ditch. A pickup truck with an attached camper was reportedly overturned at a local motel. A grain silo was blown in, and its roof was blown 100 yards away. A carport and a barn were destroyed. Peak winds were estimated near 90 MPH.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindUllin$3,000A utility pole was snapped in Mounds. Gusts were estimated near 60 MPH at Ullin.
July 2019Flash FloodUllin-Water was over U.S. Highway 51 in several locations from Ullin south.
April 2018HailUllin-Quarter-size hail was reported along Interstate 57.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindUllin-A trained spotter estimated the wind gusted to 70 mph.
July 2015Flash FloodUllin-Flash flooding of some secondary roads occurred over the northern part of Pulaski County. Water was about three feet deep in a couple spots.
May 2007Heavy RainUllin-Two to three inches of water was reported over some roads, including Highway 37 west of Karnak and Grand Chain.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindUllin-Trees were blown down in and around Ullin. A downed tree blocked the southbound lane of Interstate 57 at mile marker 18 near Ullin. Another tree blocked U.S. Highway 51 north of Ullin.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindUllin-Roof damage occurred to a restaurant in Ullin, and a power pole was broken near Perks.
April 2016HailUllin-no account filed
May 2011HailUllin-no account filed
February 2007HailUllin-no account filed
May 2006HailUllin-no account filed
May 2006HailUllin-no account filed
September 2006HailUllin-no account filed
April 2000HailUllin-no account filed
September 2000HailUllin-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindUllin-no account filed
September 2000HailUllin-no account filed
March 1997HailUllin-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindUllin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wetaug3.4 miles22
Pulaski4.5 miles24
Perks5.9 miles18
Pryortown6.3 miles24
Levings7.7 miles25
Villa Ridge8.2 miles24
Olmsted8.3 miles25
Grand Chain8.7 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on UllinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2672253The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 420007. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.